Day in photos: Nov. 20, 2012

Workers secure the new Swarovski star to the top of the still-unlit Christmas Tree at Rockefeller Plaza in New York.

Robert Miller

Ronit Hakmon stands stunned by the destruction in her Beer Sheva home after it was hit by a rocket launched from the Gaza Strip.

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Fun-killing attorney James Swartz, director of World Against Toys Causing Harm, gives his annual annual pre-holiday speil in Boston.

Reuters

Peruvians gather at a march for peace in Lima.

EPA

Israelis watch the cross-border fighting from a ridge overlooking the northern Gaza Strip.

Reuters

Maintenance workers inspect the ‘Wallbergbahn’ cable railway at Wallberg mountain in Rottach-Egern. The process of inspecting the entire system takes three weeks.

Reuters

Taslima Akhter sits with six-month-old Fatema among the burnt remains of a slum in Dhaka, Bangladesh. At least 14 people were killed and 500 homes destroyed.

Reuters

Demonstrators block the Pueyrredon Bridge in Buenos Aires during a general stike that spread across Argentina.

Reuters

The family of Staff Sgt. Matthew H. Stiltz, 26, killed last week in Afghanistan, watch as his casket is guided into a hearse by Washington National Guardsmen.

AP

The luckiest turkey in the country (and his alternate) meet members of the media. The 19-week-old Virginia-raised turkeys will receive the traditional pardon from President Obama and spend the holidays at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate.

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Cleveland Browns defensive tackle John Hughes helps pack donations at the Cleveland Food Bank along with teammates and members of the team’s front office.